Lewes Public Library

The Lewes Public Library anticipates the needs of the community and adapts, creates and supports classes and programs for all ages that encourage a love of reading, exploration and discovery. The Library provides access for a wide variety of educational, informational and recreational materials to all members of the community through traditional resources and emerging technologies.

About Lewes Public Library

Mission: The Lewes Public Library anticipates the needs of the community and adapts, creates and supports classes and programs for all ages that encourage a love of reading, exploration and discovery. The Library provides access for a wide variety of educational, informational and recreational materials to all members of the community through traditional resources and emerging technologies.

The Lewes Public Library is an independent public library member of the Delaware Library Catalog, which consists of all the public libraries in New Castle, Kent and Sussex Counties. Our service area is a three-mile radius around Lewes, representing over 26,000 people. We are the busiest library in Sussex County, with almost 160,000 visitors last year. Over the past year we have seen a 40% increase in library visitors and a 24% increase in program attendance.

It is the goal of the Lewes Public Library to be an exemplary library in Delaware and a trusted civic, cultural, social and learning center. The Library is a welcoming, comfortable center for the exchange and creation of ideas, as well as the preferred place for cultural and social interaction in the community.  For more information, including listings of all our children, teen, and adult programs, go to our website at lewes.lib.de.us.

As an independent library, we must raise nearly half of our operating funds each year. As our community grows, demand for our services increase - and so do our expenses. When choosing where to give your charitable donations, please consider just how significant a gift to the library really is. Please give what you can . Your donation will go farther than you might imagine!

County Served: Sussex

Office Location(s): Lewes

Sector: Arts & Culture; Community Improvement; Education; Kids; Literacy; Libraries